Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trěska

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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For the meaning "cod" compare Polish wątłusz (“cod”) (< wątły (“frail”)), Slovene polénovka (< poléno (“log”)), German Stockfisch (“stockfish”) (< Stock (“stick”)). Less likely, cognate with Proto-Germanic *þurskaz (< *ters- (“to dry; wither; thirst”)).

Noun

*trěska f

  1. sliver, chip, splinter
  2. cod (the fish) (East Slavic and Slovene only)

Inflection

Declension of *trěska (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *trěska *trěscě *trěsky
genitive *trěsky *trěsku *trěskъ
dative *trěscě *trěskama *trěskamъ
accusative *trěskǫ *trěscě *trěsky
instrumental *trěskojǫ, *trěskǫ** *trěskama *trěskami
locative *trěscě *trěsku *trěskasъ, *trěskaxъ*
vocative *trěsko *trěscě *trěsky

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: трѣска (trěska), треска (treska)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: třieska
    • Polish: trzaska
    • Slovak: trieska
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: třěska
      • Lower Sorbian: tśěska

References

Further reading

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